Life and Miracles of Mātyās of ʿĀddǝqe

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, we begin to write the life of our father Mātyās of ʿĀddǝqe, who reposed on the twenty-first of Genbot. By the will of the Holy Trinity, as one is three and three are one, they are the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, from before the world and until the world of his kingdom. In the name, and thus is the beginning of the birth of our father Mātyās, and his first name is Ṭerita ʾƎgziʾ. His miracles, for our father Mātyās. And there was a man named kantibā Takla Ṣǝyon, in a village called Ṣāʿda Zagā, and they were grieving because they had no children. And he came with his wife on the twentieth of Genbot, and they asked of our Lady Mary.

Abbā Mātyās, traveling with Abbā Ṗawlos and Abbā Gabra Mikāʾel, made water flourish in an arid area. His miracle: And one day, while he was on the road, and with him were Abbā Ṗawlos the priest, and the third of them, Abbā Gabra Mikāʾel, was with them. And they arrived in a dry land that had no water. And with them was one child, and he said to them, that child, “Give me water to drink,” and the priest was troubled. And he said to him: The healing of the ill monk Abbā Yāʿqob. His miracle: And there was a monk, ill, whose name was Abbā Yāʿqob. And our father Mātyās went to him and said to him, “The mercy of God is with you; are you healed from the affliction of your illness, O my son?” And that monk said to him, “Yes, I am healed, O my father; have mercy on me.” Miracles accomplished for Fǝre Śannāy, who venerated Abbā Mātyās. His miracle: And there was a man who loved our father Mātyās and believed in his prayer. And he found a fruit and had it in his heart, and he said, “I will give it to our father Mātyās so that he may bless me.” And he entered into his house, and he said to his wife, “Let us take and place this fruit in a good [place].” And she said to him, “Yes,” and she placed it in a good [place] so that it might be drunk. And he tasted the fruit of the good [place].

How Kantibā ʾAgade, the governor of Ḥamāsen, was punished for attacking the monastery of ʾabbā Mātyās. His miracle: And there was a man appointed over Ḥamāsen, whose name was Kantibā ʾAgade, and he became a tyrant in his midst and in the midst of the people, and he desired to enslave them, their men and their animals, and they fled, leaving their land, and they entered the mountain of ʾabbunā Mātyās, and he said to the monks. How ʾabbā Mātyās admonished the monk who refused to drink water with the other monks. His miracle: And ʾabbunā Mātyās commanded that the monks go to the water reservoir for the drinking of the monks, and they went and arrived at the blessing whose name is Dämbälas, and there was one monk who would not drink except with a straw, and his brother monks said to him at the time of the ninth hour. How ʾabbā Mātyās punished ʿAbdallā. Miracle on how ʾabbā Mātyās punished ʿAbdallā, who, at the head of his army, attacked ʾabbā Mātyās’s monastery, set fire to the Church of Our Lady, and killed fifteen monks. His miracle: And ʿAbdallā came, full of force for the tyrants, a dark army and a multitude of face, he carried away and plundered the monastery of ʾabbunā Mātyās of ʿĀddǝqe, and there were fifteen monks as martyrs, and he cast fire into the four corners of the church of Our Lady Mary.

How ʾabbā Mātyās punished the 22 Europeans who came to Dǝbārwā Miracle on how ʾabbā Mātyās punished the 22 Europeans who came to Dǝbārwā and who entered the monastery with their wives and female companions, as well as their pack animals. Furthermore he punished Fāḥrāy, the governor of Sarāwe, who had helped them. His miracle: And after a short time, 22 Europeans came from Dǝbārwā with their women and with female companions, mules, and donkeys, and they entered the monastery of ʾabbā Mātyās. And the monks said to them, "Do not do this deed." How ʾabbā Mātyās punished the Dǝrbetā How ʾabbā Mātyās punished the Dǝrbetā, who invaded the monastery and plundered the church of Our Lady. His miracle: And the Dǝrbetā came and plundered the monastery of ʾabunā Mātyās of ʿĀddǝqe, and they took the provisions of the monks and all the vessels and utensils of the monastery, and they killed 2 monks from among the elders. And their leader entered into the church of Our Lady Mary and took many things, and he saw a certain vision.

How ʾabbā Mātyās defeated the Turks How ʾabbā Mātyās defeated the Turks who killed ʾazzāž Kumo, ʾazmāč ʾAggāb and kantibā Yāʿqob, invaded Dǝbārwā, plundered the monastery of ʾabbā Mātyās, and killed twenty-two monks. His miracle: and a Turk named Dmur came in the time of the governor Kumo and made war at Hǝrug on the 20th of Gǝnbot, on the first Sunday. And the Turk killed the governor Kumo, and ʾazmāč ʾAggāb died, and kantibā Yāʿqob died, and the rest of the army of the land of Ḥammāsēn. How the ‘water of the prayer’ of ʾabbā Mātyās killed a man who stole an axe His miracle: and there was a man, an owner of an axe, and a man who was in his neighborhood stole it. And the owner of the axe said to him, “By the name of our father Mātyās, return my axe.” And he went and denied it three times. And he swore, saying, “By the name of Mary, our Lady.

How ʾabbā Mātyās defeated the army of ʾAbaʾasmānor How ʾabbā Mātyās defeated the army of ʾAbaʾasmānor, a leader who was nominated by Grāñ and came to plunder the monastery. His miracle. And there was a certain Arab whose name was ʾAbaʾasmānor, whom Grāñ appointed as governor of the sea, and he came in order to plunder the monastery of our father Mātyās. Rescue of a woman How a woman who was heading to the monastery of ʾabbā Mātyās, nearby the church of Our Lady of ʿAddǝge, to meet an old monk, was attacked on her way and was saved by the intercession of ʾabbā Mātyās. His miracle. And while a certain woman was descending into the monastery of our father Mātyās in order to reach an old monk who was in the monastery of Mary of ʿAddǝge, when she approached near the monastery of Mary, a certain man met her.

Malkǝʾ-hymn for ʾabbā Mātyās O mother of the wise, wisdom, from the sea of wisdom you were born. I have advanced before the learned, for I have begun with zeal a dǝrsān of Mātyās, your servant, while your spirit clothes me. Recite for me, recite for me, for I am a poor man, your servant. Salutation to your conception, to God by his will, and to your birth, a sun from the sky of Adam, his rising. You gave the ways of praise from the treasury of my heart, this one. Give me a heart of wisdom for the nature of the beast of burden. Mātyās, a gift from the chariot, he is.